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The Hypogeum, Hal Saflieni, Malta.  At the back of this room you can see what was an alter on which animals were sacrificed.

#not rome per se but it can go on here because this is one of my favorite ancient monuments ever!!!!

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a little bit of internal bleeding the loveliest accessory a man could wear

#LFC TO ME<3 #ficposting

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want to smash but i had to click pass on lfc for his safety because i think the strap would skewer him in half . Double checks that im on anon and hits send

honestly he is not quite as breakable as he looks because i think martinus would have killed him on accident if he was. however i think this is still a valid concern he is indeed fragile

#ficposting #asks

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interestingly now martinus is being voted more fuckable... hmm... fascinated for these results

#althoigh lfcs poll does have more votes #ficposting #but it is what martinus deserves. have you guys seen his boobs

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none of this would've happened if atticus had reset him via prostate

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your #1 priority as a roman senator is sucking sulla's sword. your #2 priority? gay sex w the other senators. #3 priority is reading ad responding to cicero's letters. #4 is accusing the senators you don't like of sexual immorality because they are having too many affairs. wait you're telling me the job description is WHAT?

#this is actually what sullas constitution was

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also as regards lfc and martinus smash or pass polls: lfc is by far the worse at sex . the best he can do is just lay there

#or perhaps give you the most mediocre blowjob of your life #ficposting

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i should draw younger lfc more tbh... animalcule....

#the sensitive scholarly boy to weird middle aged gay shutin pipeline... #ficposting #also martinus too tbh. worlds worst rowdiest child but he was kinda in the perfect setting for it.. he thrived. ancient warfare.. #natural environment for a rambunctious young roman man... etc

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lfc turning out much more fuckable than martinus so far... much too think about....

#ficposting #on a slightly related note i never was able to figure out which of them would be considered more attractive in roman times #because roman standards of attractiveness for men baffle me tbh.theres also no scholarly writing on it that i can find #lfc is prettier and he has the very strong facial features that seem to have been a factor in it #but martinus has the better body and also has a pretty good face though its perhaps in a more masculine way... much to think about #lfc was definitely considered attractive when he was very young but it makes me wonder if him at like 45 #would be placed in the 'aged expired twink' category....

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#i did this already like a month ago but i want to do it again with no third option. You Must Choose... #i need to compare the results with martinus . tbh. also sound off if you want me to do any of the other characters too actually #ficposting

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#done. very important poll #ficposting

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i should do a martinus smash or pass poll

#i did an lfc one but i gave it a third option which got like half the votes </3

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would lfc filibuster well

hmmm.. i don't know.. he gets tired easily but he also is very fueled by spite... he would filibuster until he passed out and they had to cancel the senate meeting because of his dramatics

#ficposting #asks

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my fictional romeguys introductory post to contextualise the posting!!!!!

this is my little guys from my novel project which is currently in its Infancy very much. the story is set... somewhere roundabout the 80s-70s bce probably. it's broadly about two guys who make a jointly beneficial political alliance (and also become friends in the process) their psychosexual joint consulship and its consequences

main guys:

lucius furius m. f. sp. n. camillus: 45 years old, semi down on his luck patrician. he spends most of his time when he isn't trying to enhance his dignitas in the political sphere being a weird shutin and not leaving the house if he can avoid it. was injured very badly when he was young during a brief military career, preventing him from doing war stuff again... for now. (he also had a hugely comical and deeply formative crush on his commanding officer during said military career). ambitious beyond both his physical and monetary means. has been in a sexless arranged failmarriage for like 25 or so years with his wife, caecilia, whom he was married to because his family desperately needed money (but he does love her in his own weird way i think). also loves gardening, stoic philosophy, being maybe slightly addicted to opium wine, books in general, and being inside and in his house reading his scrolls (despite being in politics, having to shake all those sticky plebs' hands makes him want to kill himself fr. the price he pays for his rightful place in society as he sees it...). he is a huuuge sullan also. to him sulla did nothing wrong ever in his life. most famous for being a bit eccentric and reclusive, but still quite respected by most of the senate for his modest lifestyle and his refined and learned tendencies.

gaius martinus: our biggest handsomest general... a couple years older than lucius furius, wealthy plebeian senator. he's a bit of a new man; his family has only been in the senate for a couple generations and never attained the consulship. he's a simple type of guy really; he's a squarely competent (though not really that astounding) military commander, not very book-smart, and has an impressive appetite for all of life's pleasures. most people who don't instinctively look down on him for these traits tend to like him tremendously; he's easy to talk to, friendly, generous, and cheerful. he has a wife, poppaea, who he loves very much, and 6 horribly behaved sons to whom he is a beautifully absent father. his favorite things to do are hang out at the baths or the gymnasium, throw big dinner parties or go out partying with his friends, and do his thang commanding his troops and chopping people up with his sword in The Wars. he doesn't have very strong political leanings, and mostly just wants to be paid attention to, adored, etc. most famous for accidentally unleashing a pack of tigers intended for his games into the streets of rome while he was plebeian aedile, and for throwing big knock your socks off parties (and not getting mad at the guests for taking a little of the food home)

heres a main guys image (coin of them i drew):

others:

caecilia: lucius furius' wife in their arranged failmarriage. for her this relationship is constituted of a mix of resentment and love; they get along very well mostly, and in another life they could have been good friends, maybe, but in this one they're married and he's wasted her life. she helped him tremendously with everything he's done in politics, both with her advice and with her money, and in return she's mostly just been taken for granted. she wanted kids. there never were any. she thought he might die from one of his many ailments (he is the worlds sickliest man) soon enough; he never did. who's to say you can't love someone while also wondering if you could get away with killing them every now and then? she mostly passes her time by weaving, and writing vulgar epigrams which she publishes under a pseudonym for funsies...

poppaea: gaius martinus' wife. there isn't too much to say about her; she really is gaius' other half. like him, she's cheerful, easygoing, and enjoys the finer things in life. she loves gaius dearly, despite the fact that he's far from faithful; poppaea isn't the jealous type, or else, knows she can't really afford to be. she is also a wonderfully absent mother to their children, mostly preferring to leave the child raising to the nannies and take pleasant strolls around the gardens and go shopping in the big markets with her friends. she has a close relationship with her father, and often visits him.

quintus poppaeus: gaius martinus' father in law. a thoroughly slay old man. businessman who was never involved in politics (made his money from the mines), loads of money and mostly spends it on building hanging baths in his baiae villa, installing the latest garden fountains to flex on the neighbors, ridiculously swagfully effeminate outfits, and so. so many beautiful pet fish. his only child is his daughter, poppaea, and he adores her. he also has a very friendly relationship with gaius.

furia: lucius furius' younger sister and only living sibling. she's a bit like him if he were more mentally stable and normal. she's in a barely tolerable marriage with another aristocrat. her and lucius furius don't speak very often; she resents him a bit for having power over her i think (their father died when they were young) and he probably made her marry whatever crappy guy shes married to now (have i mentioned this is a work in progress)

theres other of my own characters but these are like. the ones who will Matter the most and that i will post about tbh

none of the stuff mentioned in here are things which would like. spoil any Plot so i wont say any more... im not too precious about spoiling things cause its such early days (plus i think if i write well enough it will be interesting to read even if you know what happens hopefully?) but i just dont want to make the post any fucking longer lol...

#ficposting #reblogging this again since a lot of people followed me since i last did & i like to reblog it periodically so people can. find out what th #hell im posting about half the time

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lfc's voice is really high pitched and loud btw. and its beautiful to me

#my beautiful little bird.... i also imagine him having a lisp. t bh #ficposting #sorry thinking about him simply...

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don't talk about q. hortensius hortalus cos. 69 like that. of course you're winning the case

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if you think the posts i make are bad you should see the thoughts i am thinking. in my mind

#literally #on this blog because this is where i make my awfulest posts.